The Predictive Accuracy Of The New York State Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Report-Card System
- 1 May 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Health Affairs (Project Hope) in Health Affairs
- Vol. 25 (3) , 844-855
- https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.25.3.844
Abstract
We examined the impact of New York State’s public reporting system for coronary artery bypass surgery fifteen years after its launch. We found that users who picked a top-performing hospital or surgeon from the latest available report had approximately half the chance of dying as did those who picked a hospital or surgeon from the bottom quartile. Nevertheless, performance was not associated with a subsequent change in market share. Surgeons with the highest mortality rates were much more likely than other surgeons to retire or leave practice after the release of each report card.Keywords
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